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1709 in Ireland
Events from the year
1709 in Ireland
.
Incumbent
Monarch
:
Anne
Events
August 30
â the
Parliament of Ireland
passes an amending act which requires any adult male (including registered
Roman Catholic
priests) to take an oath of
abjuration
if required by a magistrate.
September 4
–
8
â nearly 800 poor
Protestant
refugee families of
German Palatines
arrive in
Dublin
to be settled in Ireland.
c. December â start of
Hougher
disturbances against the extension of livestock rearing in
Connacht
including maiming of cattle.
Births
October 13
âÂÂ
John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence
, politician (d.
1767
)
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
, politician (d.
1788
)
Approximate date âÂÂ
Laetitia Pilkington
, born Laetitia van Lewen, poet and memoirist (d.
1750
)
Deaths
August 31
(
September 11
NS
) âÂÂ
Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet
, soldier, killed at the
Battle of Malplaquet
(b. c.
1660
)
References